George & Mildred McKenzie have carried over "The McKenzie Family" tradition in bringing their own special personalized service to families.

They believe a funeral is similar to other ceremonies in our lives. Like a graduation ceremony, a wedding, a baptism, a funeral is a rite of passage by which we recognize an important event that distinguishes our lives. Every one of us is unique in our own special way, each relationship we share is different in some small way. All these characteristics, whether it be funny, compassionate, hardworking, annoying, loving and a zest for life; is what George & Mildred try to bring to each funeral or gathering, and you can often hear them saying;

"No two people are alike, so no two funerals should be the same"
and
If You see it with your eyes, you feel & value it in your heart"

George & Mildred want families to know that they do more than just take care of their loved ones with dignity and respect. We try to be a resource the community can look to for guidance and help in difficult situations.

George and Mildred have five children and are very involved in their community with George being active with the Rotary Club, The Hospital Foundation Committee, The Masonic Lodge as well as he enjoys being involved in a 10 piece horn band that plays at various fund raisers throughout the Corridor and Lower Mainland. Mildred served on the Board of Directors for 10 years for B. C. Funeral Service Association and is involved in showing and breeding quarter horses along with her children who compete at International Competitions. Every year they have new foals born at their barn and people come every year to see, feed and touch the new additions to the family.

The McKenzie family has been in the funeral profession since 1946 with Don McKenzie working in a funeral home in Vancouver when he met Jessie. They married in 1948 and then went on to work and eventually buy Hollyburn Funeral Home in West Vancouver. Don & Jessie started George in the business at the age of 14 answering phones and helping his Dad on removals and eventually on to B.C.I.T. where he received his license as a Funeral Director & Licensed Embalmer and received the "Professionalism Award".

Squamish Funeral Chapel Ltd. was established in 1967 and is located in the Squamish Valley approximately 60 kilometers north of Vancouver and has the largest population of Bald Eagles in North America who nest here during the winter Squamish Funeral Chapel is Family owned and operated by George & Mildred McKenzie and the chapel sits at sea level in this beautiful British Columbia setting, with the Tantalus mountain range which towers 10,000 feet above Squamish and the gateway to Whistler.

In 1990 Squamish Funeral Chapel continued to grow by adding Mt. Garibaldi Crematorium, their own in house crematorium, to meet the needs of the families in the Sea to Sky Corridor. Since its inception Squamish Funeral Chapel has been a long standing member of the B.C. Funeral Service Association, Chamber of Commerce, and Canadian Independent Funeral Directors of Canada.

Squamish Funeral Chapel Ltd. is a full service facility that enables them to customize and personalize all types of services and gatherings, complete with reception facilities and crematorium

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Squamish Funeral Chapel Ltd. & Mt. Garibaldi Crematorium Ltd. has 3 full times staff members, George McKenzie, Mildred McKenzie and Dan Stefiuk, as well as several part-time employees.

Our family residence is located directly above the funeral chapel, which allows us to give a greater service in terms of security of loved ones and our accessibility on a 24 hour basis.